AUTOMATED REGISTRATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTORS TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR FEATURES IN REMOTELY-SENSED DATA

1 . A system for advanced vector editing, comprising:

a vector analysis server stored and operating on a network-connected computing device;

a routing calculation server stored and operating on a network-connected computing device; and

a rendering engine stored and operating on a network-connected computing device.

wherein the vector analysis server analyzes a plurality of vector points and provides the results of analysis to the routing calculation server;

wherein the routing calculation server calculates routes based at least in part on the received vector analysis information, and provides the route information to the rendering engine; and

wherein the rendering engine forms visualizations based at least in part on the routing information received.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a database, wherein the database stores vector information and provides the stored information to the vector analysis server for use.

3 . The system of claim 2 , further wherein the database stores raster information.

4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a viewer, wherein the rendering engine provides the visualizations to the viewer.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the viewer is a visual display screen, wherein the screen displays the visualizations for viewing by a human user.

6 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of user input devices, wherein the user input devices allow a human user to interact with the visualizations.

7 . A method for advanced vector editing, comprising the steps of:

positioning, using a rendering engine a cursor on a raster image displayed on a viewer;

calculating, using a routing calculation server, a radius around the cursor;

positioning the radius in contact with a vector path on a raster image; and

recalculating the vector path through the cursor location within the radius.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising the step of resizing the radius prior to recalculating the vector path.

9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising the step of selecting additional points prior to recalculating the vector path.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the additional points are selected by a human user using a computer input device.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of recalculating the vector path through each of the selected points.

12 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising the steps of:

determining, using a routing calculation server, a three-dimensional location from the 2-dimensional raster image;

determining a three-dimensional path;

recalculating the vector path according to the three-dimensional space; and

updating, using a rendering engine, the vector projection on the raster image.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising the steps of:

calculating, using a routing calculation server, the three-dimensional path according to epipolar geometry;

determining a new three-dimensional location based at least in part on the raster image and the three-dimensional path calculation; and

updating, using a rendering engine, the vector projection via the epipolar geometry.

14 . A method for algorithmic vector updates, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a vector analysis server, a set of input data;

processing the input data to derive updated data values; and

applying at least an algorithm to update the input data based at least in part on the derived data values.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the input data comprises at least vector-based information.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the input data comprises at least raster-based image information.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the derived data values comprise at least a plurality of image features based at least in part on the raster-based image information.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the algorithm updates the input data based at least in part on the derived image features.